Insightful article, thank you for the suggestions of the various plants and their benefits. It’s so true. Living indoors all of the time makes it easy to ‘forget about’ nature, and our place in it. Nature is truly healing. I only have one plant, of which I am trying to take good care, finding out just how much water it needs, how much sunlight, etc. It feels to me like the plant and I are actually nurturing each other. I keep it close to my bed and I have found out that it makes it easier for me to get out of bed, in a relaxed kind of way. Like you say, it just lifts your spirits. Before I had the plant, getting out of bed was a different story [with a prominent role for my snooze button]. And all that because of just one plant! Will definitely look into acquiring some of the plants you mention here, curious to find out their effects on me.